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Saturday, 23 April 2016

The wait for Ubuntu 16.04 code named Xenial Xerus has finally ended and Canonical released the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on 21st April. The LTS is long term support ensuring a support and maintenance for 5 years. Ubuntu is the world's most widely used Linux platform across desktop and the new release introduces much more features and stability, reliability and security.

Built on a modified version of Linux 4.4 kernel, Ubuntu 16.04 introduces a new application format, snap for new robust and secure app format. Snap can be installed along with the the .deb package and aims at robust updates and secure applications for devices running on Ubuntu.

Ubuntu 16.04 tries to move a step further in its convergence program. Convergence ensures a common computing platform across all Ubuntu devices be it desktop, tablet, and Ubuntu for phones.

It has added support for LXD Pure-container hypervisor with OpenStack Mitaka and now supports Mainframes for the first time.

We will discuss what's new in Ubuntu 16.04 some other times. If you wish to download Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus for your desktop, here's the resources and link that will be useful.